2015 California Code
Health and Safety Code - HSC
DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
PART 12 - DRINKING WATER
CHAPTER 4 - California Safe Drinking Water Act
ARTICLE 9 - Remedies
Section 116681.

116681. The following definitions shall apply to this section and Sections 116682 and 116684:

(a) Adequate supply means sufficient water to meet residents health and safety needs.

(b) Affected residence means a residence reliant on a water supply that is either inadequate or unsafe.

(c) Consistently fails means a failure to provide an adequate supply of safe drinking water.

(d) Consolidated water system means the public water system resulting from the consolidation of a public water system with another public water system, state small water system, or affected residences not served by a public water system.

(e) Consolidation means joining two or more public water systems, state small water systems, or affected residences not served by a public water system, into a single public water system.

(f) Disadvantaged community means a disadvantaged community, as defined in Section 79505.5 of the Water Code, that is in an unincorporated area or is served by a mutual water company.

(g) Extension of service means the provision of service through any physical or operational infrastructure arrangement other than consolidation.

(h) Receiving water system means the public water system that provides service to a subsumed water system through consolidation or extension of service.

(i) Safe drinking water means water that meets all primary and secondary drinking water standards.

(j) Subsumed water system means the public water system, state small water system, or affected residences not served by a public water system consolidated into or receiving service from the receiving water system.

(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 27, Sec. 2. Effective June 24, 2015.)